Skagit County Fire District 6 will no longer have to rely on neighboring departments to fill its breathing apparatus tanks after receiving a $69,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant. The money will be used to purchase an air compressor and filling station for the district’s self-contained breathing apparatus packs.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2018 2:39:56 PM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

Steven Gorbet doesn’t know why he decided to try to rescue an apparently unconscious man stuck in a vehicle that veered off Interstate 5 on Tuesday night, hitting a tree and catching fire. Gorbet simply jumped into action. “I don’t know,” Gorbet said in a phone interview. “I just kind of did it.” The Battle Ground resident was southbound on the freeway shortly before midnight, headed home from a hunting trip in the Leavenworth area, when he noticed what he thought was a small brush fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2018 12:54:36 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

Fire Photographer Steve Redick attended the August 2018 Frankenmuth Fire Muster and returned with these photos of some antique rigs.

Puget Sound firefighters were on the scene of a commercial fire in the 22600 block of S. 228th St. in Kent early Thursday morning that caused major damage to a welding and fabrication shop. According to Puget Sound Fire's Twitter page, there were no injuries reported, but there was a propane tank burning on the outside of the building.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2018 4:56:19 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13